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The following statement from The Wilderness Society President William H. Meadows is in response to the Department of Interior’s 2012-2017 offshore leasing plan, which includes leases in the Chukchi and Beaufort seas of the Arctic Ocean.

An increasing amount of domestically produced fossil fuels are being exported for use overseas, rather than staying in the United States, according to a new report from The Wilderness Society. The report, released during a week when oil companies are announcing huge profits, calls on the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction or “supercommittee” to end the billions in subsidies the oil and gas industry gets from U.S. taxpayers every year.

An increasing amount of domestically produced fossil fuels are being exported for use overseas, rather than staying in the United States, according to a new report from The Wilderness Society. The report, released during a week when oil companies are announcing huge profits, calls on the J